1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état

1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état
Date	3 January 1966
Location	Upper Volta
Result	Coup successful, Yaméogo and the ADR removed from power, new military government sets 4-year transition to civilian rule
Belligerents
Government African Democratic Rally;	Superior Council of the Armed Forces Trade unions;
Commanders and leaders
Maurice Yaméogo	Sangoulé Lamizana

The 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état was an event which took place on 3 January 1966 in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), when following large-scale popular unrest, the military intervened against the government. This forced President Maurice Yaméogo to resign, and was replaced Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana. Lamizana would go on to rule until 1980, when yet another military coup d'état overthrew him. The 1966 coup would prove to be the first in a long line of Upper Voltan and later Burkinabé coups, which marked the beginning of half a century of military rule.